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A club record of 31 runners turned out for the 1st race in the West Yorkshire Cross Country League on Sunday 13th December. The first fixture at Stainland was postponed due to torrential rain in the days before and the skies opened again on the day before the Dewsbury race. The course was very muddy with some tough climbs and tricky descents. Congratulations to everyone who took part. Many runners were participating in the WYWL for the first time. The support for everyone was fantastic with many of those who had already crossed the line stayed on to cheer on the rest of the team as they rushed for the line.

First home for QRC was Tom Collinge in 9th. Tom comfortably in 4th place at the end of the final climb but he took a wrong turn in the woods and slipped a few places. It was still a fine run Tom! The male vets competed amongst themselves for the next QRC places. Mick Coe timed his move to perfection and just edged past Martin Firth and Peter Hughes. Jo Horan was the first female home for Queensbury coming home in 10th place. Anna Smith crossed the line soon after and Stacey Cleal came in in 23rd place.

The outstanding team performance on the day was the Female team (4th overall). The Male team was 6th, the Vets team 7th and the overall position at the end of the first race is 5th. There is much to look forward to at the second race in Idle on January 3rd.

The quality of the Queensbury veteran runners was again evident with four absolutely fantastic age-category wins (Anna Smith, Martin Firth, Peter Hughes and Graham Jowett). Jo Horan and Stacey Cleal were 3rd and 4th in their respective categories and Mick Coe was 5th in the exceptional M50 group.

Well done to all. A real credit to Queensbury Running Club and living proof of the great strides the club has made in the last year.

The Giants Tooth was run on New Years day, a local 3 mile fell race run from the Causeway Foot at Ogden. Queensbury had plenty of runners there with Pete Hughes back first to claim the V60 position.
Full Results: http://www.fellrunner.org.uk/results.php?id=2709

The following week was the 2nd XC at Stainland. Another tough route of approx 4.5 undulating and quite technical miles. The results proved to be as difficult as the course with a record turnout and an error with the ‘lollipop’ sticks. The electronic system helped to patch up the results in the end after a lot of work from the team. We are doing very well in the competition and the Stainland race saw a record number of runners for Queensbury. We hope to continue this in the next race, see the following details provided by WYWL.

Course: 4.7 miles, undulating, fields and woodland track. There is a bit of hardcore and some Tarmac paths to cross so unfortunately not suitable for spikes.

Venue: is UAK (formerly Greenhead school). There are showers, toilets, changing room, car park.
There will be pie and peas and hot drinks and cakes for sale after.

Postcode is BD20 6EB (or google UAK Keighley).
Course is in the park next to the school.

Finally, the Stanbury Splash, which actually turned into the The Stoop due to the snow, ice and all round bad conditions the race in renowned for was run on Sunday. Just two Queensbury Runners braved the conditions, all out action man Lee Hipwell ran well and finished in 49 mins 34 seconds and Ben Clare put in a great performance after taking some time out for work commitments and finished 44th in 41:53.

A club record for Queensbury in terms of numbers for the Skipton XC on January 5th meant we scored very well in the team scores. Some excellent individual runs, in particular from Martin Firth and all the ladies, Anna, Jo and Helen ensured a record score for the ladies team. The overall standings are now as follows:

MALE OVERALL

TEAM

1st Race

2nd Race

3rd Race

4th Race

5th Race

OVERALL

STAINLAND

1324

1286

1290

0

0

3900

PUDSEY

1302

1271

1226

0

0

3799

LBT

1114

1235

1180

0

0

3529

DEWSBURY

1217

1051

1165

0

0

3433

BAILDON

1124

1086

1166

0

0

3376

QUEENSBURY

1027

1149

1179

0

0

3355

SKIPTON

1090

1148

1050

0

0

3288

STADIUM R

1142

1065

1045

0

0

3252

CRAVEN EN

675

531

1064

0

0

2270

IDLE AC

346

478

581

0

0

1405

FEMALE OVERALL

TEAM

1st Race

2nd Race

3rd Race

4th Race

5th Race

OVERALL

STAINLAND

376

388

388

0

0

1152

PUDSEY

368

361

347

0

0

1076

BAILDON

273

355

358

0

0

986

CRAVEN EN

319

312

321

0

0

952

SKIPTON

335

264

290

0

0

889

LBT

207

276

323

0

0

806

STADIUM R

270

231

247

0

0

748

DEWSBURY

340

217

190

0

0

747

IDLE AC

151

150

158

0

0

459

QUEENSBURY

172

89

170

0

0

431

VETS OVERALL

TEAM

1st Race

2nd Race

3rd Race

4th Race

5th Race

OVERALL

PUDSEY

490

475

477

0

0

1442

STAINLAND

484

467

473

0

0

1424

QUEENSBURY

439

436

446

0

0

1321

DEWSBURY

462

426

423

0

0

1311

SKIPTON

373

420

468

0

0

1261

BAILDON

419

414

419

0

0

1252

STADIUM R

425

407

382

0

0

1214

LBT

316

433

407

0

0

1156

CRAVEN EN

331

373

439

0

0

1143

IDLE AC

219

199

205

0

0

623

[notice]The next race hosted by LBT at Temple Newsham on January 26th[/notice]

An impressive turn out in the Pudsey XC for Queensbury results with 2nd place in the Vets competition and 4th place in the men’s competition. This puts Queensbury in 4th place in the overall Vets comp and in 8th in the mens overall competition.